Binary Gender Roles In Pop Culture

Feminine is a characteristic of binary gender roles, shown in pop culture and society.
Currently, the word feminine is used to describe woman-like behavior or characteristics. The word feminine is believed to have emerged from the word femina, in Latin, meaning woman. Traces of the word feminine have led to the English Medieval period. During this time women were only referred to by ‘womanly’ roles such as, maiden, wife or widow. Although the term feminine has different meanings in different cultures, it is habitually associated with physical characteristics such as long hair or soft skin.
We see many feminine characteristics in pop culture. Today, girls are oppressed by the endless unrealistic ‘feminine’ qualities shown in movies and music.

Toys for girls are most commonly thought of as Barbie dolls or even baby dolls. Barbie dolls have a history of being the example of a perfect girl, thus affecting how many girls see their figure compared to the waistless doll. These dolls have been presents for young girls for a long time. Women’s clothing has also been shaped around the mentality of being feminine. Stereotypically, baby dolls are a girls toy, a toy preparing girls for the feminine task of having children. In our society, it is unusual for a boy to play with dolls, many associate this behavior as negative or with being gay. A preferred style of clothing for girls, tends to gravitate around dresses and cute shoes. Even casual clothing, like printed T-shirts tend to have some type of cute animal or weird quote on them. Pink is usually a preferred color for girls clothing because it is a stereotypically feminine color. The color pink has shaped a lot of women's items. Endless companies try to produce products for the two sexes, men's items come in blue and women’s items in some shade of pink. In the end, the product is still the same but packaging and fragrance is different. This obsession with having a separation of the two sexes has dominated our culture and